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    Phainon blinks as Mydei lets go of his hand, and his hand falls back to his side. "Mydei, like the crown prince Mydeimos?"

    Mydei, for some reason, tenses again, reminiscent of a startled cat that's about to either run away or scratch him, which Phainon doesn't mind. He wants to see how strong Kremnoans are, see if their rumoured strength is true.

    "I thought you said you knew nothing about the crown prince."

    Phainon immediately raises his hands in surrender. "Wait, wait! I have no ill intention towards your crown prince, really! I only know his name and his fabled prowess in battles. I don't even know what he looks like."

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    “You're awful,” Phainon whispered, breath hitching when Mydei rocked his hips back against him.

    “You're oblivious,” Mydei pointed out with a shrug, “But here I am, presenting myself to you, and you'd rather delay for a conversation.” He wet his lips, humming quietly, “Is this not enough recompense for my perceived slight?”

    “You're insufferable,” Phainon bit back in turn, shaking his head in disbelief.

    “Go on, then,” Mydei goaded, huffing, “Show me why I should regret it.”

    Phainon has been agonizing over his tumultuous relationship with his new roommate for weeks, now. His roommate-- who cooks for him, does his laundry, and scolds him for his unhealthy habits. Why does he care so much, anyways?

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    “May I know my host’s name?”

    “Audata of Aedes Elysiae. I live with my husband, Hieronymus, and my son, Phainon.” 

    Aedes Elysiae. Gorgo had never heard of such a place. It must have been beyond the bounds or ambitions of Kremnos. 

    She tried for a smile and playful bounce of the bundle in her arms. “I am known as Gorgo. This is my son, Mydeimos.” 

    She was no longer ‘of Castrum Kremnos’. Certainly not its queen nor an esteemed warrior and not even the lowest of trainees. She was of nowhere. Nothing but a wanderer in exile.

    When Eurypon allows Gorgo to decide the means of her demise, she chooses to accompany her newborn son into the River of Souls.

    Rather than a sea of flowers or eternal battlefield, they wash ashore in Aedes Elysiae.

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    Mydei crosses his arms. “How are you of all people supposed to help me get through Christmas with my family?” he asks dryly.

    Phainon’s brows lift. “Huh.” When he doesn’t elaborate, Mydei gives him a look. “Well,” he says. “It’s just that I think I have a similar problem. With family. And Christmas.” He grimaces. “If I don’t come home with a boyfriend, I think my mother will kill me.”

    Mydei’s eyes narrow. “Did you tell Cipher that? She probably thinks we can help each other.”

    Phainon’s scoffs. “How? By pretending to date each other?”

    Tired of their families pressuring them about significant others at Christmas, Mydei and Phainon agree to pretend to date each other and then break up after the holidays. Things don't go as planned.

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    “As if I have any eye for art,” Mydei replies.

    Castorice rolls her eyes. “As if plating isn’t just sculpture with food.”

    He opens his mouth to fire back a snide rejoinder, realizes she’s right, and holds his tongue instead. She’s doing him a favor, forcing him out of his house, one of his only friends who’s stuck with him over the past year of tremendous, never-ending grief. No one knows how to deal with a widower’s pain and loss. No one wants to. But Castorice has faced even more death than he has, and she hasn’t let him pull away from the world despite his attempts.

    After the unexpected death of his partner, Khaslana, about a year ago, Mydei meets photographer Phainon at a gallery exhibition he's forced to attend by his friend, Castorice. Unexpected sparks fly between them as they grow closer through Phainon's photography.

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